The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Xcode skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Xcode over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

Apple Xcode
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank662611687
Rank change year-on-year
Down-51Up+76
Matching permanent IT job ads21526165
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.178 %0.213 %0.068 %
As % of the Development Applications category1.255 %1.660 %0.632 %
Number of salaries quoted18124049
Average salary£42,500£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33 %+7.14 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,100£25,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.44 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
171321572210284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.21 %12.82 %10.77 %
Number of salaries quoted15031138058624
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,449£35,500
% change year-on-year
+1.47 %+5.49 %

Xcode
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Xcode within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Xcode Demand Trend

Xcode
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Xcode within the UK.

Xcode Salary Trend

Xcode
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Xcode over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Xcode Salary Histogram

Xcode
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Xcode within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-60206£42,500+13.33 %
LondonDown-10131£50,000+17.64 %
North WestDown-1916£37,500+25.00 %
ManchesterUp+415£37,500-
City of LondonDown-813£42,500-
YorkshireDown-2313£32,500+8.33 %
West YorkshireDown-212£32,500+44.44 %
West MidlandsDown-911£34,250-19.41 %
East of EnglandUp+110£35,750+11.71 %
South EastDown-749£50,000-9.09 %
South WestDown-118£37,500+7.14 %
ScotlandUp+147£45,000+20.00 %
Leamington SpaNew entry-7£34,250-
GlasgowNew entry-7£45,000-
WarwickshireNew entry-7£34,250-
BristolUp+36£48,750+20.37 %
LeedsDown-156£32,500+44.44 %
StockportNew entry-5--
HampshireNew entry-5£50,000-
East MidlandsDown-24£30,000+20.00 %
EssexDown-94£35,000+11.11 %
CoventryNew entry-4£32,500-
DerbyshireUp+23£30,000+39.53 %
DerbyDown-43£30,000+39.53 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-3£32,500-
Southend-on-SeaNew entry-3£35,000-
High WycombeNew entry-3£32,500-
Tyne and WearUp+12£34,000+13.33 %
CambridgeNo change02£47,500+35.71 %
Newcastle upon TyneDown-12£34,000+13.33 %

Xcode
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Xcode also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Xcode.

1382 (88.43 %)Apple iOS
2365 (84.49 %)Objective-C
3280 (64.81 %)iPhone
4228 (52.78 %)Cocoa
5212 (49.07 %)iPad
6177 (40.97 %)Android
7130 (30.09 %)iOS SDK
8103 (23.84 %)XML
998 (22.69 %)JSON
1096 (22.22 %)Web Services
1183 (19.21 %)C++
1277 (17.82 %)JavaScript
1277 (17.82 %)OO
1375 (17.36 %)Java
1474 (17.13 %)Apple
1571 (16.44 %)Degree
1661 (14.12 %)Games
1758 (13.43 %)Finance
1758 (13.43 %)CSS
1856 (12.96 %)jQuery
1954 (12.50 %)SQL
2053 (12.27 %)SQLite
2053 (12.27 %)HTML5
2146 (10.65 %).NET
2146 (10.65 %)Windows
2245 (10.42 %)Scrum
2343 (9.954 %)Eclipse
2343 (9.954 %)Animation
2343 (9.954 %)Social Media
2343 (9.954 %)REST

Xcode
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Xcode also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Xcode. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1228 (52.78 %)Cocoa
2130 (30.09 %)iOS SDK
3103 (23.84 %)XML
498 (22.69 %)JSON
596 (22.22 %)Web Services
658 (13.43 %)CSS
756 (12.96 %)jQuery
853 (12.27 %)HTML5
946 (10.65 %).NET
1043 (9.954 %)REST
1142 (9.722 %)HTML
1239 (9.028 %)Ajax
1337 (8.565 %)OpenGL
1431 (7.176 %)Core Animation
1526 (6.019 %)ASP.NET
1624 (5.556 %)iPhone SDK
1722 (5.093 %)J2ME
1821 (4.861 %)Flash
1917 (3.935 %)SOAP
2014 (3.241 %)J2EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (3.472 %)SharePoint
29 (2.083 %)SAP Portal
38 (1.852 %)Facebook Platform
47 (1.620 %)NetWeaver
47 (1.620 %)CMS
56 (1.389 %)SharePoint 2010
65 (1.157 %)MS Exchange
73 (0.694 %)Exchange Server 2010
82 (0.463 %)Apache
91 (0.231 %)Tomcat
91 (0.231 %)WordPress
91 (0.231 %)Amazon S3
91 (0.231 %)ExpressionEngine
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (1.852 %)MS Visio
23 (0.694 %)Photoshop
31 (0.231 %)MS Excel
31 (0.231 %)Paint Shop Pro
31 (0.231 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (0.231 %)Doxygen
31 (0.231 %)GIMP
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.463 %)Oracle BPM
21 (0.231 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (4.398 %)HTTP
29 (2.083 %)Wi-Fi
29 (2.083 %)Wireless
37 (1.620 %)Internet
45 (1.157 %)Extranet
45 (1.157 %)Intranet
51 (0.231 %)NFC
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
153 (12.27 %)SQLite
228 (6.481 %)SQL Server
324 (5.556 %)MySQL
412 (2.778 %)MongoDB
59 (2.083 %)DB2
67 (1.620 %)SQL Server 2008
71 (0.231 %)Data Warehouse
71 (0.231 %)ETL
71 (0.231 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (0.231 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.231 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (0.231 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
143 (9.954 %)Eclipse
242 (9.722 %)Git (software)
332 (7.407 %)Subversion
429 (6.713 %)Visual Studio
55 (1.157 %)Mercurial
64 (0.926 %)SAP CE
72 (0.463 %)Hudson
81 (0.231 %)PhoneGap
81 (0.231 %)Dashcode
81 (0.231 %)Team Foundation Server
81 (0.231 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
161 (14.12 %)Games
258 (13.43 %)Finance
339 (9.028 %)Telecoms
415 (3.472 %)Publishing
512 (2.778 %)Retail
67 (1.620 %)Front Office
76 (1.389 %)Banking
76 (1.389 %)Music
76 (1.389 %)Marketing
84 (0.926 %)Electronics
93 (0.694 %)Advertising
93 (0.694 %)Music Industry
102 (0.463 %)Multimedia
102 (0.463 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1395 (91.44 %)Developer
2227 (52.55 %)iOS Developer
3109 (25.23 %)iPhone Developer
471 (16.44 %)Mobile Developer
570 (16.20 %)Senior Developer
642 (9.722 %)Applications Developer
736 (8.333 %)Senior iOS Developer
821 (4.861 %)iPad Developer
919 (4.398 %)Software Developer
919 (4.398 %)Mobile Applications Developer
1015 (3.472 %).NET Developer
1114 (3.241 %)Senior Applications Developer
1213 (3.009 %)Analyst
1213 (3.009 %)Test Analyst
1311 (2.546 %)Lead Developer
1311 (2.546 %)C# Developer
1410 (2.315 %)ASP.NET Developer
1410 (2.315 %)Android Developer
1410 (2.315 %)C# .NET Developer
159 (2.083 %)iPhone Applications Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1280 (64.81 %)iPhone
2212 (49.07 %)iPad
343 (9.954 %)Social Media
343 (9.954 %)Animation
439 (9.028 %)Blackberry
517 (3.935 %)Computer Science
616 (3.704 %)Social Network
714 (3.241 %)Smartphone
811 (2.546 %)Client/Server
99 (2.083 %)iDTV
99 (2.083 %)Streaming Media
99 (2.083 %)BBC
106 (1.389 %)Cryptography
106 (1.389 %)Digital Media
114 (0.926 %)Social Gaming
114 (0.926 %)Statistics
114 (0.926 %)Mathematics
114 (0.926 %)Physics
123 (0.694 %)Augmented Reality
132 (0.463 %)Graphic Design
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1382 (88.43 %)Apple iOS
2177 (40.97 %)Android
346 (10.65 %)Windows
435 (8.102 %)Windows Mobile
520 (4.630 %)Mac OS
617 (3.935 %)Windows Phone 7
710 (2.315 %)Mac OS X
86 (1.389 %)UNIX
95 (1.157 %)webOS
102 (0.463 %)Linux
111 (0.231 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
177 (17.82 %)OO
245 (10.42 %)Scrum
340 (9.259 %)Agile Software Development
439 (9.028 %)Unit Testing
535 (8.102 %)MVC
634 (7.870 %)Multithreading
728 (6.481 %)Memory Management
728 (6.481 %)TDD
827 (6.250 %)Web Development
919 (4.398 %)Software Engineering
919 (4.398 %)OOP
1014 (3.241 %)Project Management
1014 (3.241 %)BDD
1113 (3.009 %)Continuous Improvement
1113 (3.009 %)Domain-Driven Design
1113 (3.009 %)Compatibility Testing
1113 (3.009 %)OOD
1212 (2.778 %)RAD
1310 (2.315 %)Product Management
148 (1.852 %)Continuous Integration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1365 (84.49 %)Objective-C
283 (19.21 %)C++
377 (17.82 %)JavaScript
475 (17.36 %)Java
554 (12.50 %)SQL
638 (8.796 %)PHP
735 (8.102 %)C#
833 (7.639 %)C
917 (3.935 %)ActionScript
108 (1.852 %)VB.NET
116 (1.389 %)Ruby
125 (1.157 %)Python
134 (0.926 %)ABAP
134 (0.926 %)Perl
143 (0.694 %)VB
143 (0.694 %)PHP5
152 (0.463 %)ActionScript 3.0
161 (0.231 %)VB6
161 (0.231 %)AppleScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
171 (16.44 %)Degree
25 (1.157 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.241 %)QA
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.231 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
174 (17.13 %)Apple
224 (5.556 %)Google
321 (4.861 %)Facebook
419 (4.398 %)Microsoft
514 (3.241 %)SAP
514 (3.241 %)Symbian
612 (2.778 %)Twitter
79 (2.083 %)Oracle
79 (2.083 %)Sybase
83 (0.694 %)Zend
92 (0.463 %)Adobe
101 (0.231 %)Cognizant
101 (0.231 %)Sony
101 (0.231 %)Yahoo!
101 (0.231 %)Panasonic
101 (0.231 %)DevExpress
101 (0.231 %)Sencha